Two elderly women had no idea who the man was who rescued them from their overturned car in Sunrise, Fla., last week. Hopefully they know by now.

The man was Miami Marlins catcher John Buck, who was pulling out of his driveway on his way to school when he noticed a palm tree shaking out of control.

John Buck caught 135 games for the Marlins in 2011. (AP Photo)

"I was like, 'Man, are they cutting trees down over there?'' Buck said to the Palm Beach Post.

Hardly. The tree had been hit by a car as Buck soon found out when he came upon the scene right after it happened. The car was upside down and smoking, Buck said.

"I kind of saw a hand pulling at the window,'' he told the Post. "I looked at my wife and my wife's like, 'Go help! Just go!''

Buck and two other rescuers helped the driver crawl out of a window and pulled out the passenger. Police and paramedics arrived shortly afterward, the newspaper reported. The injuries to the women did not look life-threatening, Buck said.

Buck also called 911 but at the scene he didn't do much talking. "Everybody was speaking Spanish around me," he told the Post.

His good deed done, Buck gave police his report and continued on his way to picking up his son from school.